Alliance Oil Company has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in LLC 'SN-Gazdobycha' for 128 MUSD, which primarily will be funded from existing cash and from debt facilities. SNGD holds two gas licenses covering an area of about 1,323 square kilometers located approximately 55 kilometers west of the town of Kargasok, in the Tomsk region in Russia.

Proved and Probable (2P) gas reserves are estimated at 112 mboe and Proved, Probable and Possible (3P) reserves are estimated at 259 mboe. Gas field development is at an advanced stage with 4 new wells drilled and a 43 kilometers gas pipe joining the Gazprom trunk pipeline at the Parabel tie-in point near completion. Gas production is scheduled to commence in the first half of 2013.

Through the acquisition, the Company's total hydrocarbon reserves (3P) will increase by 26% from 997 mboe to 1,256 mboe. 2P reserves will increase by 17% to 760 mboe (from 648 mboe).

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